Mexico blanked Trinidad & Tobago

 

MONTERREY, Mexico, December 17, 2007.- Host Mexico blanked Trinidad & Tobago 25-12, 25-14, 25-15, in the nightcap of the inaugural day at the Norceca Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament.

 

Martha Revuelta and Bibi Candelas led Mexico with 12 and 11 points respectively and Krystle Esdelle had 12 for Trinidad & Tobago.

 

“I am very happy because we maintained the rhythm during most of the match,” said Macario Gonzalez, the Mexican coach. “Our mid-term goal is to insert us in the same group of Canada and Puerto Rico and then to beat those teams.”

 

“Our team has broken the frontier of the Caribbean to join the best teams in the zone but this is a different level and we have to lose a lot of games before we start to think about winning,” explained Francisco Cruz, the coach of Trinidad & Tobago.

 

The spikes and serves of Martha Revuelta carried Mexico to the victory in the lopsided first set when Trinidad & Tobago showed good athletic qualities but lacked game control.

 

The second set was again dominated by the Mexican side with Revuelta and Bibi Candelas supplying the power. It was more of the same in the third set as Mexico cruised to the victory in straight sets.

 

“We played good as a team and the result was good but we still can improve and I expect to play a little bit harder against Dominican Republic in our next match,” said Migdalel Ruiz, the captain of Mexico.

 

“We battled hard but we didn’t play as we trained,” said Carlin Williams, the captain of Trinidad & Tobago. “I am sure that we can play better than tonight.”